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series2 books2011

Set in north america and virtual world.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
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Concrete IslandNovel

J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1974

Literary & general, about identity and loneliness, set in europe.

“Architect Robert Maitland crashes his car onto a stretch of wasteland trapped between three converging motorways -- visible from thousands of cars, reachable by none of them.”
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AntarcticaNovel

Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel1997

About ecological collapse, set in arctic & antarctica and near future.

Saint LeibowitzSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in far future and north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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Hard LandingNovel

Algis Budrysstandalone novel1993

First contact, about aliens and identity, set in north america.

“When an alien spacecraft crashes into a swamp on the US Atlantic coast, the fates of the humanoid surviving crew members are described as they separate and attempt to avoid discovery by blending into the American public.”
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GreybeardNovel

Brian W. Aldissstandalone novel1964

Post-apocalyptic, about grief and loss, set in near future and british isles.

“Long after a catastrophe that has sterilized humans and most other mammals, the 54-year-old protagonists—Greybeard and Martha—take a tour of entropic England.”
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